Parliament will vote on Tusk’s government on Tuesday and he could take office by WednesdayWe asked Jakub Jaraczewski, research coordinator at Democracy Reporting International, about the challenges facing Poland’s next government.He outlined three points. The first is cohabitation with the conservative president, Andrzej Duda.President Duda and his power of legislative veto, which the coalition won’t be able to defeat in a vote. Negotiating with Duda will be difficult and he will be reluctant to allow any change to laws he himself signed into force over the last 8 years.The Constitutional Tribunal – captured by PiS and staffed with judges loyal to the outgoing government, which could be abused by PiS to strike down laws – not just new legislation but also any existing norms if that would benefit Jarosław Kaczyński.Entrenchment of people and institutions loyal to PiS – while this has not gotten to the degree found in Hungary, many officials and bodies, such as public media regulators or the head of the central bank will be difficult to change without the ability to freely legislate.I’m sure that the project that I present will be victorious. Even if it won’t be today, it will happen sometime in the future. Continue reading…
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Author : Lili Bayer in Brussels
Publish date : 2023-12-11 10:14:24
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Donald Tusk set to become Poland’s prime minister after vote of confidence – Europe live
